Vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler
CVE-2020-27778
A flaw was found in Poppler in the way certain PDF files were converted into HTML. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by providing a malicious PDF file that, when processed by the 'pdftohtml' program, would crash the application causing a denial of service.
EPSS: 0.022 (80.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Freedesktop Poppler
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 8.0
- N/a Poppler — versions poppler 0.76.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-27778?
- CVE-2020-27778 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under Access of Uninitialized Pointer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-03.
- How severe is CVE-2020-27778?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-27778 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.